My other clothes might have been storebought, but I couldn’t resist a few more handmade bracelets. I have kind of an obsession with them. The basic premise behind this bracelet was floating around in my head for literally the past…
Clothes for the big talk
I leave tomorrow for the Sunstone symposium I mentioned a few weeks ago, to give some presentations on parenting a child with special needs and teaching teenagers. I’m going to be there with some very well respected experts, so I…
Taking my show on the road.
Next month I’m going to be speaking at the Sunstone symposium. Sunstone is a fantastic magazine that focuses on the Mormon experience through academic scholarship, literature, and addressing of social issues within the church and without. It doesn’t seem to…
Garden Bounty
This gardening thing has a real learning curve. I may have failed with sprouting seeds, but my bulbs all went off like gangbusters, and once I bought the seedlings and got them in ground, I managed to keep them alive,…
2009 Year of Pleasures #17
I always do this to myself. I always overextend myself with the best of intentions, I make myself crazy trying to meet some arbitrary goal I set for myself, I complete it, stand back with pride only to realize that…
Busy weekend
Four wiggly kids tempted by cake + low light = one very blurry picture Bear’s family all got together this weekend to celebrate Sally’s birthday. They only live about an hour away, but with the baby and his schedule, we…
My little backyard cutting garden
It’s done. I did it. I got everything planted that I wanted to plant, and everything is taking off and it is miraculous. I’ve had a few learning experiences along the way, for some reason I cannot seem to grow…
I’m not a good messy crafter
I haven’t had many crafty projects to share around here lately because I am on a rough streak of total crafty failure. One of the great blessings and curses of my life is this trait I got from my dad.…
The Crafter’s 12 Step Program
Like pretty much everyone around the blogosphere, I’m in a little bit of a creative funk right now. Actually, maybe that’s not accurate. My brain is boiling with things I want to do, but I have no time or money…
New Years UnResolutions
Does anybody ever manage to keep their New Years Resolutions? I’ve never known anyone besides my friend Jess who could actually keep anything going past January. I’ve given up on the idea working for me. Instead I like to think…